Richard Kirby Sr

Brief Life History of Richard

When Richard Kirby Sr was born about 1694, in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Recompense Kirby, was 52 and his mother, Rebecca Allen, was 27. He married Anne Cheshire on 21 April 1714, in Burlington, New Jersey, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 4 March 1740, in New Hanover Township, Burlington, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 47.

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Family Time Line

Richard Kirby Sr
1694–1740
Anne Cheshire
1694–1777
Marriage: 21 April 1714
Mary Kirby
1716–1776
Richard John Kirby
1716–1794
John Kirby
1722–
Recompence Kirby
1723–1733
Jonathan Kirby
1724–
Sarah Kirby
1730–1790
Joseph Kirby
1731–1796
Samuel Kirby
1733–1813
Robert Kirby
1736–1794

Sources (5)

  • Family Data Collection - Births
  • Richard Kirby, "New Jersey, Marriages, 1670-1980"
  • New Jersey, Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817

World Events (2)

1694

Historical Boundaries 1694: New Jersey Colony, British Colonial America 1776: New Jersey, United States

1723

Historical Boundaries: 1723: Burlington, New Jersey Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Burlington, New Jersey, United States

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of numerous places in northern and eastern England called Kirby or Kirkby, from Old Norse kirkja ‘church’ + ‘farmstead, village’.

Irish: adopted for Ó Garmhaic ‘descendant of Cíarmhac’, a personal name meaning ‘dark son’. Compare Kerwick .

Irish: Anglicized form of Mac Geirble ‘son of Geirble’, a personal name of uncertain origin. The name is preserved in the townland name of Carrowkeribly in County Mayo.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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